English noun: hegemony | |||
1. | hegemony (group) the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others | ||
Samples | The hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation. To say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony. The consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | form of government, political system | ||